President Trump wants to remind everyone that he was "always the best athlete," a comment made during a Thursday sit-down with reporters from The Wall Street Journal. Never one to hold back from tooting his own horn, portions of Trump's conversation read as self-congratulatory raves:
Mr. Trump: Just — and so — so I was successful, successful, successful. I was always the best athlete, people don't know that. But I was successful at everything I ever did and then I run for president, first time — first time, not three times, not six times. I ran for president first time and lo and behold, I win. And then people say oh, is he a smart person? I'm smarter than all of them put together, but they can't admit it. They had a bad year. [The Wall Street Journal]
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